Game apparatus



April 6 1926.

W. A. HAEGELE GAME APPARATUS Filed July 11, 1925.

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ATTORNEYS P'at'entediApr. 6,1926.

' wnmrnr ANDREW menu, or ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

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Application fled my 11', 1925. serial m. 42,987.

To all whom it-may camera:

Be it known that I, WILIIAM A. 'HAEGEIJJ, Y 'acitizen ofthe UnitedStates, and a resident of Elizabeth, in the county of nion and State ofNew Jersey, United States of America, have invented .a new and ImprovedGame Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a game apparatus, and the principal object isthe pro duction of an apparatus which may be used 7 for playing a gameafter the manner of ten pins or bowling, so that the users of theapparatus may derive all of the pleasurable benefits incident to thegame of bowling and also the game of pool, since the balls used inplaying the game will be propelled by the use of a cue.

With the foregoingan-d other objects in view, the invention resides inthe particular provision, relative disposition, and operation of theparts hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawin s, in which--- igure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus embodyingthe features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus. .Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows.

Referring now more particularly to the several views of the drawing, itwill be apparent that, the apparatus of the present invention willinclude a supporting structure 10 having legs 11, and which alsoembodies an alley 12 bounded on each side by a gutter 13, and at one endby a pit 14. The pit is provided with means in the form of pads 15 40which cushions any of the pins 16 which are upset and fall into the pit.The pads are so constructed and arranged as to direct the balls used toenter an opening 17 in a portion of the structure to pass into thereturn gutter 18 which extends at' one side of the structure 10 and isinclined downwardly toward the front end of the structure 10.

' In order to facilitate the setting-of the pins 16 there is provided amechanism presently to be described. The said mechanism includes .arack. 19 which isprovided with a series of holes "20. The holes 20 areso arranged that the pins ma be set up in the usual manner when the recis elt hfirt'ed. The

I alley 12 adjacent the pit 14 is provided with a recess 21 whichaccommodates the rack-19 m a manner so that the upper surface of therack will be flush with the upper surface of the alley 12." Arranged ina manner similar to the arrangement of the holes 201m the rack 19 are aplurality of pin rests 22, each of-which consists of a circular plateheld in placeby a fastening element such as a screw '23. The rests 22are received res ective'ly in the holes 20 in the rack 19 when t elatter is in the recess 21, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. The uppersurfaces of the rests '22 are flush with the upper surface of the rack19 when the latter is in the recess 21'. Carried by the. rack 19 byvirtue of theemployment of rods 24, is a plate25. There are vfour rods24 and each is connected to the rack 19 as at 26 and to the plate 25' asat 27. Surrounding each of the rods 24 is a coil spring 28 one end ofwhich is in contact with the under-side of thealley and'the opposite endof whichis in contact with a disk 29- resting on one of the nutsemployed in effecting the attachment of the plate 25. The springs 28'serve as ayieldable means for holding the rack 19 in the 'recess 21 andy for lowering the rack from a raised osition into the recess 21.

raising treadle In order to e ect the of the rack 19 there is provided a30 hingedly connected at one end as at 31 and under the influence of aspring 32 having 33 and one end attached to the treadle. as at theopposite end thereof attached as at 34 to the bottom of the. pit 14.Rocker members 35 are employed and each is mounted for rocking movementon atransverse shaft 36 carried by supports 37 depending from the partof the structure forming the alley.

Links 38 are employed, there being one connected as at 39 to each member35 and connected as at 40 to a member 41 attached to the treadle 30.When'the treadle is move (1 downwardly to the position shown in dot anddash lines in Fig. 2, the free ends of the members 35 will push upwardlyon the plate 25, and by 'virtue of the intervention of the rods 24 therack 19 will be raised to the position shown in dot and dash lines. Whenthe rack is in the raised position the pins 16 may readily dropped intothe holes 20 for setting on the rests 22.

7 By re'le springs asing-pressure on the treadle 30, the 28 willact tolower the rack 19 into the recess 21 and at the same time the spring 32serves to elevate the treadle 30 to a normal position.

In playing the game each of the partici pants is allowed to use hisallotment of balls, say three in number, which are propelled one at atime from one end of the alley 12 by the use of a cue. The score madedepends upon the number of pins knocked down, the score being kept inthe usual manner as in bowling. The participants themselves may attendto the setting up of the pins and the returning of the balls, or thismay be done by an attendant when the apparatus is in use in a publicplace of busi ness.

I claim:

1. A game apparatus comprising a supporting structure, an alley boundedon each 'side by a'gutterand a. pit adjacent one end of said alley onsaid supporting structure, a set of pins, a pin rack normally seated ina recess in said alley so that its upper surface will he flush with theupper surface of the alley, means for elevating said rack to receive thepins, and means tor lowering the rack and for holding the same loweredin the recess.

2. A game apparatus comprising a supporting structure, an alley houndedon each side by a gutter and a pit adjacent one end of said alley onsaid supporting structure, a set of pins, a pin rack normally seated ina recess in said alley. so that its upper surface will be flush with theupper surface of the alley, means for elevating said rack to receive thepins, and means for automatically lowering the rack and for holding thesame lowered in the recess. a

3. A game apparatus comprisin a supporting structure, an alley bounde oneach side by a gutter and a pit adjacent one end of said alley on saidsupporting structure, a set of pins, a pin rack normally seated in arecess in said alley so that its upper surface will he flush with theupper surface of the alley, a treadle, means between the treadle and therack operable upon the movement of the treadle to elevate the rack toreceive the pins and means operable when pressure on the treadle isremoved for lowering the rack" into said recess for holding the sametherein, and means acting on the treadle for returning the same to anormal position when the pressure thereon for elevating the rack isremoved. V

4. A game apparatus comprising a supporting structure, an alley boundedon each side by a gutter and a pit adjacent one end of said alley onsaid supporting structure, a set of pins, a pin rack normally seated ina recess in said alley so that its upper surface will he flush with theupper surface of the alley, a treadle, a plate carried by said pin rack,rockers connected to said treadle and operable upon the movement of thetreadle to cause the rockers to push upwardly on said plate to elevatethe pin rack for the reception of the pins, and means for'lowering thepin rack into said recess and for holding the same therein.

' ANDREW HAEGELE.

